249th Engineer Battalion
(Black Lions)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 March 2004
249th Engineer Battalion Lineage
Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 249th Engineer Combat Battalion
Activated 5 May 1943 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Inactivated 28 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Redesignated 23 March 1948 as the 442d Engineer Construction Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 8 April 1948 with Headquarters at Ames, Iowa
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 22 May 1950 at Ames and Council Bluffs, Iowa
Redesignated 25 June 1952 as the 249th Engineer Construction Battalion
Redesignated 9 December 1954 as the 249th Engineer Battalion; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 9 February 1955 in Germany
Inactivated 15 October 1991 in Germany
Activated 16 November 1994 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
249th Engineer Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Army Superior Unit Award for 1994-1995
Army Superior Unit Award for 1995-1996
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for actions in the Ardennes